Recovery

Today was our annual slurpee run. We met at Sunnyside park and got our slips of paper with all the addresses of the 7/11s we were going to go to. The first one was on 2nd south and 13th east, so I ran there with Patrick, Sarah, Fat Sam, Sam, Jesse, Annie, and others. I got a wild cherry and it tasted alright, and when we got running again I didn't really feel it. The next one was on 7th east and 3rd avenue, and Patrick and I really wanted to run by Rachel's house. Patrick, Sarah, and I gapped from the group and got ahead a bit, but as we were chugging our slurpees they caught up and they can chug faster so yeah. That one was banana flavored, it went down easy, but as we ran to the one on 3rd east and 1st south, it made my tummy hurt really bad. At the 3rd east and 1st south one, I got a watermelon lime, which went down easy and didn't make me feel too sick. The next one was on 3rd east and 4th south, and at that one I got the alienade blue powerade one, which was really sour, didn't go down easy, but made my tummy feel tons better. The next one was on... 2nd east and 8th south I think, and I got pina colada, and that kindof made me feel sick, but not really. The next one was on 8th south and West Temple, right by Taffy Town, or as Patrick says, the drug factory. I got a blue raspberry and it was not fun trying to down that one, because I went over the rim like, 2 inches. The last one was on 5th east and 13th south, right by Liberty Park. The only flavor they had there that I hadn't tried yet was Coca-Cola, so I went with it and it tasted NASTY! The funny thing about that 7/11 was that was where my Garmin read 7.11 miles...Hehe. We ran up 13th south to the crosswalk at the southern park entrance and Fat Sam and I raced each other to the drinking fountain, it was fun. I sat down for a minute, then I went and ran a lap with Natalie, Amanda, Sarah, Bill, Tomy, and others. I was at 8.82, and after a long drink we ran back up to Sunnyside. 11 miles, good job everyone!!

Today we met at Wheeler Farm for our workout, and Bill brought a watermelon and put it in the river to keep it cold. We did 2 big laps around the farm for a 3 mile warm up, then we went over to our fartlek loop for fartlek. I ran with Suzette for the whole 20 minutes, but near the end, Bill was passing us and told me to go with them. It was really hard and I couldn't keep up for much longer. After that we got water then split into 3 teams for a stride relay. I was on a team with Tomy, Emily, Camille, Olivia, Becca, Aubrey, and Sarah. For a cool down we ran around the farm for a couple of miles. I ran with Suzette, Sarah, Fat, and Jesse for a while, then just with Fat and Jesse for the rest of it. The watermelon had disappeared, probably taken down the rushing flooded river, so while we did our leg lifts, arms, crunches, pushups, and other core stuff, Bill went and bought another one. We saw so many 7-11 stores on the way there and back...GAH!

Ran at 5:30 this morning with Susannah and Jesse because we had to go to girls camp and be at the stake center by 7. We ran down Jesse's street to 16th east, to 17th south, to 15th east, to 21st south, up to 21st east, over to 13th south, over to foothill, down Sunnyside, over on 17th east to 13th south, up to 19th east, over to Harrison Ave, down to Harrison Ave, over to Browning, and a lap in the circle for 6 exact miles.

Woke up early at camp and it was really cold and I didn't want to leave my sleeping bag. But I managed to suck it up and get out of bed and go running with Susannah, Natalie, Sarah B, and Sarah T. Sarah, Sarah, and I ran 3 miles out on the road by our stake property and back. Sarah T had to turn around before us so she could go wake up the other campers, so Sarah B and I continued. We wore our bear safety bell necklaces so we jingled the whole run. Our camp directors were freaking out about bears the whole time, so we had all sorts of precautions.